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A SILVER-GILT AND DIAMOND-SET MONSTRANS
no apparent maker's mark, The Netherlands, 1880
In the Neo-Gothic style, on circular raised base, the baluster stem decorated with raised stylised floral bands and foliage, the quatrofoil-shaped upper section with openworked foliate decoration with fruit and sun-ray behind, the front with a nielloed Latin inscription cornered with religious symbols, the centre with panelled glass surrounded with large and small rose-cut diamonds, the finial cast in the shape of a saint under a floral arch - 67.5cm high (3427gr gros)
no apparent maker's mark, The Netherlands, 1880
In the Neo-Gothic style, on circular raised base, the baluster stem decorated with raised stylised floral bands and foliage, the quatrofoil-shaped upper section with openworked foliate decoration with fruit and sun-ray behind, the front with a nielloed Latin inscription cornered with religious symbols, the centre with panelled glass surrounded with large and small rose-cut diamonds, the finial cast in the shape of a saint under a floral arch - 67.5cm high (3427gr gros)